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I don't understand how this report determines "Deduct". My interest, sale & real estate taxes and donations are about 18K now and I see $15.1K as a constant value over time. I understand the real cost of interest will decrease overtime.

I want to put my database in cloud storage so I can access it from different computers which are in different locations (Florida & Connecticut). Can you provide some detailed guidance on how to accomplish this?

OK, how do I get ESPlanner to let me control total spending? It came up with a number that is about double what we actually spend then draws down our regular savings to pay for it. Huh? I really don't care what ESPlanner thinks we should spend.

I've created a comprehensive financial life plan. It's in today's dollars which makes it easier to understand...today. However, I need to follow this plan for the next few decades. What are some recommended approaches for updating and following the plan over decades?

When I enter the lump sum payment, it treats it as a taxable event. I have been given the option of rolling over the payout to a self-directed IRA or my employers 401k plan. But I can't figure out how to enter it properly.

Can someone suggest a public source of information about available annuities, without engaging a broker? I'm comparing the benefits of placing about 30% of my retirement assets in a fixed annuity, at retirement.

I would like one table that tells me and my wife, for my a given level of spending, the required smooth withdrawal rate and the effect on my assets over the time horizon. When I do this in Conventional Planning I get a huge level of spending in the current year.

Given the precarious financial state of SS, I am wondering what adjustments are being made by users as to benefit taxation or reductions. ESP clearly allows for you to adjust some parameters and by different dates. Anyone come up with reasonable ideas?

My wife receives a non-covered pension from a state teachers retirement system. She receives a flat amount, not a percent, of a COLA increase annually (e.g. $800/yr). I entered her pension as non-covered with zero % annual increase in ESPlanner.

It would be nice if ESPlanner allowed an input for non-spousal inherited IRA's. Is this something that might be considered in the future? It seems like it would be easy enough to do - just add the decendents date of death and then the account balance.

ESPlanner does not seem to be implementing a WEP reduction to my social security benefits. My situation is the following: I am 70+ and began receiving SSA benefits a few months ago based on covered employment early in my career.